Albury-Wodonga Bandits | League lords show usurpers no mercy

The Albury-Wodonga Bandits were given a textbook lesson in four-quarter basketball by the Dandenong Rangers in an ruthlessly efficient 105-81 victory at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre on Saturday night.

After succumbing to Bendigo 96-80 on the road on Friday night, the Bandits headed home to host the reigning SEABL champions and although they battled gamely, fared no better.

With a dominant third quarter and a full-throttle approach at both ends of the court, the Rangers showed why they will be tough to usurp as lords of the league.

It wasn’t as though Albury-Wodonga played particularly badly for much of the contest, rather, Dandenong’s sheer talent quotient proved the difference in a game where both teams shot well above 50 per cent from the field.

Bandits coach Brad Chalmers, while extremely disappointed his team couldn’t run out the full 40 minutes, acknowledged the Rangers deserved their 10th consecutive win.